Catalectic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot. Used of verse.
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  • adj. Said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
  • adj. incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot.
  • adj. Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In prosody: Wanting part of the last foot: as, a catalectic line or verse: opposed to acatalectic.
  • n. A catalectic verse.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
  • n. (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    line of poetry    line of verse   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    incomplete    partial   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anapestic    anapaestic    iambic    octosyllabic    alliterative   
     
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